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Domna Samiou was a prominent Greek researcher and performer of Greek folk music. She received her first formal musical training from Simon Karas. For over half a century she collec…
Domna Samiou, Greek singer and musicologist (died 2012)
Joyce Bryant was an American singer, dancer, and civil rights activist who achieved fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a theater and nightclub performer. With her signature …
Joyce Bryant, American actress and singer (died 2022)
Frank E. Resnik was CEO (1984–1989) and Chairman (1989–1991) of Philip Morris USA.
Frank E. Resnik, American chemist and businessman (died 1995)
Gary Graffman was an American classical pianist, teacher and administrator. After he lost control of his right hand, he gave the UK premiere of Korngold's Piano Concerto for the le…
Gary Graffman, American concert pianist (died 2025)
Ann Morgan Guilbert, sometimes credited as Ann Guilbert, was an American television and film actress and comedian who portrayed a number of roles from the 1950s on, most notably as…
Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (died 2016)
Santiago Stevenson, Panamanian singer and minister (died 2007)
Mary Daly was an American radical feminist philosopher and theologian. Daly, who described herself as a "radical lesbian feminist", taught at the Jesuit-run Boston College for 33 y…
Mary Daly, American philosopher and theologian (died 2010)
Alejandro Végh Villegas was a Uruguayan politician, engineer, and economist.
Alejandro Végh Villegas, Uruguayan politician (died 2017)
Maurice El Médiouni, also spelled Maurice el Medioni, was an Algerian pianist, songwriter and interpreter of Algerian chaabi, Franco-Arab chanson, raï and world music. He is known …
Maurice El Mediouni, Algerian pianist and composer (died 2024)
Keith Max Jackson was an American sports commentator, journalist, author, and radio personality, known for his career with ABC Sports (1966–2006). While he covered a variety of spo…
Keith Jackson, American sportscaster and actor (died 2018)
Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne was a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1962 to 1974. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he was …
Dick Taverne, English lawyer and politician (died 2025)
Louis Scheimer was an American producer and voice actor who was one of the original founders of Filmation. He was also credited as an executive producer of many of its cartoons.
Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (died 2013)
Michael O'Donnell was a British physician, journalist, author and broadcaster.
Michael O'Donnell, English physician, author, and journalist (died 2019)
Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford, nicknamed "the Chairman of the Board", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played his entire 16-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career …
Whitey Ford, American baseball player and coach (died 2020)
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich was a Brazilian zoologist.
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (died 2015)
Douglas Clare Fischer was an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. After graduating from Michigan State University, he became the pianist and arranger for the v…
Clare Fischer, American pianist, composer and arranger (died 2012)
Nelson Pereira dos Santos was a Brazilian film director. He directed films such as Vidas Secas, based on the book with the same name by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos, Rio, 40º …
Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
Arild Verner Agerskov Mikkelsen was an American professional basketball player. One of the National Basketball Association's first power forwards in the 1950s, he was known for his…
Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
Zhu Rongji was a Chinese politician who served as the premier of China from 1998 to 2003 under CCP general secretary Jiang Zemin. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committe…
Zhu Rongji, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 2026)
George Donald Bullard was an American professional baseball player. The native of Lynn, Massachusetts, was a shortstop and outfielder during a nine-season (1950–1958) career. He pl…
George Bullard, American baseball player (died 2002)
Wilma Jeanne Cooper was an American actress, best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless (1973–2013). At the time of her death,…
Jeanne Cooper, American actress (died 2013)
Paulo Mendes da Rocha was a Brazilian architect.
Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Brazilian architect (died 2021)
Anthony George Franciosa, also billed as Tony Franciosa, was an American actor. He began his career on stage and made a breakthrough portraying the brother of the drug addict in th…
Anthony Franciosa, American actor (died 2006)
Adolphe Gesché was a Belgian Catholic priest and theologian. He was professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Louvain and author of se…
Adolphe Gesché, Belgian Catholic priest and theologian (died 2003)